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ReviewJournal of cardiac surgery2022

Commentary: The challenges of propensity score matching in cardiac surgery.

Raymond J Strobel, Andrew M Young, Irving L Kron

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Review in Journal of cardiac surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raymond J StrobelDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Andrew M YoungDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Irving L KronDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0910-2957
University of Virginia · US

Funding

Cardiovascular Surgery Training ProgramT32HL007849 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI KRON, IRVING L., LAUBACH, VICTOR E · 1998 to 2025
$7.0M
Network for Cardiothoracic Surgical Investigations in Cardiovascular MedicineUM1HL088925 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI BADHWAR, VINAY, KRON, IRVING L. · 2013 to 2025
$6.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007849NHLBI NIH HHS UM1 HL088925
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advent of transcatheter valve technology for structural heart disease has led to heightened scrutiny of outcomes following surgical valve replacement. Here, we review a manuscript by Tsubota et al. in the Journal of Cardiac Surgery detailing a single-center, retrospective cohort study of patients undergoing mitral valve replacement from 2007 to 2018. While outcomes appear to be excellent, these results should be carefully interpreted in light of limited data regarding the propensity score match methodology utilized.

Indexed as

Cardiac Surgical ProceduresHeart Valve Prosthesis ImplantationHumansPropensity ScoreRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID34936138
PMCPMC8810670
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